E'wald, Johannes

an eminent Danish poet, was the son of a ciergyman, and B. at Copenhagen 1743. Having lost his father while young, and disliking the clerical life, he left his home when but 15 years of age, and enlisted in the Pru ian army. Deserting to the Austrian service, he was made a sergeant, but not being able to obtain his discharge when he wished, he deserted again and returned to Denmark. He now pursued a literary life with great ardor, ard produced several very excellent works; that to which he owed his earliest distinction as a poet, was the Temple of Fortune. His masterpiece is the dramatic poem entitled Balder's Death, published in 1773. His Songs of the Scalds, and other pieces after the manner of O ian, gave him great reputation; and he may be said to have surpa ed all preceding Danish poets in spirit and originality. Died 1781. Evolution, n [Fr. évolution , from L. Lat. evolutio , from evolvo, evolutuse, ex, and volvo , to roll. See VOLUBLE. An unfolding, unrolling, or unwinding; a development; a series of things unrolled or unfolded. (Arith. and Algebra.) The extraction of roots; in other words, the inverse operation to involution. The object of involution, therefore, is to ascertain the quantity which, multiplied by itself a stated number of times, yields a given result. (Physiol.) That theory of generation in which the germ is held to pre-exist in the parent, and its parts to be unfolded and expanded, but not actually formed, by the procreative acts. The principal and most consistent -v. a. [Lat. exigo , exactum -ex, and ago , to move, to drive, to lead, to do, to act, to labor. See AcT.] To drive or thrust out; to force out or from; to enforce; to force or compel to pay or yield; to demand or require authoritatively; to extort by means of authority; to demand of right; to claim; to enjoin; to compel; to enjoin with pre ing urgency. Ew'an's Mills, in New Jersey, a P. O. of Gloucester co. Ewe, (u,) n. [Sax. eowu ; Lat. ovis ; Gr. oïs ; Sansk. avi , a sheep.] A female sheep. Ewe, (Loch,) an inlet of the North Sea, in Ro hire, Scotland, connected with Loch Maree by a short river. Ewer, ( u'er ,) n. [Sax. huer, or hwer , a ewer, a kettle; O. Fr. eauïer , a gutter, a channel, or sewer, for carrying off water; euer , to water, from eau , water; Sax. ea ; Pers. ab .] A kind of pitcher or ve el for holding water, which accompanies a wash-hand basin. -v. n. To practise extortion. Exact'er, n. One who exacts; an extortioner. Exact'ing, p . a . Demanding and compelling; requiring authoritatively; extorting; compelling by nece ity. Exac'tion, n. [Fr., from Lat. exactio .] Act of exacting or of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; authoritative demand; a driving to compliance; extortion; a wresting from one unjustly: that which is exacted; tribute, fees, rewards, or contributions demanded or levied with severity or injustice. Exactitude, n. Exactne ; nicety. (R.) Exactly, adv . In an exact manner; precisely; nicely; accurately: correctly.